Volker Quaschning

Quaschning studied electrical engineering at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, then wrote his PhD on photovoltaics at the Technische Universität Berlin. After obtaining his habilitation on low-carbon power system scenarios for Germany, he worked for the German Aerospace Center in Almeria, Spain and lead research into concentrated solar power. In 2004, Quaschning was appointed professor of renewable energy systems at the Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin.^[1]

Quaschning is the author of several books, including the scientific textbook Regenerative Energiesysteme (Renewable energy systems), first published in 1998. In 2015, the ninth edition of this book was released. The book has been translated in English, Arabic, and Russian and a translation to the Kazakh language is in progress.^[2] In 2016, an updated second edition in English was published.^[3]

• Understanding Renewable Energy Systems. Earthscan, London, 2nd edition 2016, ISBN 978-113878-196-2.
• Regenerative Energiesysteme. Hanser, Munich, 9th edition 2015, ISBN 978-3-446-44267-2.
• Erneuerbare Energien und Klimaschutz. Hanser, Munich, 3rd edition 2013, ISBN 978-3-446-43809-5.
• Obnovitelné zdroje energií, Grada Publishing Prague, 2010, ISBN 978-80-247-3250-3.
• Mülltrenner, Müsliesser und Klimaschützer. Hanser, Munich, 2010, ISBN 978-3-446-42261-2.
• Renewable Energy and Climate Change. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester, 2010, ISBN 978-0-470-74707-0.
• Systemtechnik einer klimaverträglichen Elektrizitätsversorgung in Deutschland für das 21. Jahrhundert. VDI-Verlag 2000, ISBN 978-3-18-343706-1, Online.
• Simulation der Abschattungsverluste bei solarelektrischen Systemen. Phd Berlin 1996.